A couple of weeks ago I participated in the #sachat February 25th topic of “Politics of a Job Search”.  This topic was a tough one for me, as I felt that a lot of the conversation [...]

I’m not job searching this recruitment season, but it’s hard not to look, right? Our field does a great job of spreading news about exciting positions in even more exciting locatio[...]

I was not the norm. I wasn’t recruited to become a student affairs professional because I was involved in campus leadership, or in Greek life, or because I held some position[...]

Chairing your first search process can feel an awful lot like job searching yourself. Searching for the right fit, honing your image, staying on top of emails, asking the right que[...]

Whether too many want to be involved, or you are dragging colleagues into an interview kicking and screaming, who makes up your interview team matters.  As the professional or grou[...]

Out with the old and in with the new.  New supervisor, new unit, new hires, and new vision. This was my approach to the 2015-2016 academic year at New York Institute of Technology [...]

So you’re in charge of running a search process and it’s time to develop those awesome interview questions that you may have just finished answering when you were a candidate.  It’[...]

For someone completing my fifth year as a full time professional in student affairs I have had my fair share of search processes. From being a graduate student at The Placement Exc[...]

Merriam-Webster defines hospitality as the “generous and friendly treatment of visitors and guests.”  Having led numerous searches and also taken part as a candidate I contend that[...]

The foundation of an interview should be transparency, which can be defined as honesty and openness. Not only should the interviewer be open about the position that needs to be fil[...]